So remember I told you to watch this space on my [ tie-dye curtains post ]? Yes? No? Well check out this little number

Oh yes, the tie-dye dress is here! As my first proper dress-making attempt I must say I am pleasantly surprised (shocked and amazed) at how well it has turned out. And it's ready just in time for the warm Spring that has kindly landed itself upon us. Here's how I did it :)

Using that spare green dye I talked about I carried out exactly the same process as the curtains with this result

Rather
than buy a pattern to use I made my own pattern using the design and
measurments of a dress I already have (I use cheap gift wrap paper to
make the pattern pieces). I then pinned the pattern pieces onto the
fabric ready to be cut out. This step was fun as I got to choose exactly
which bits of the tie-dye pattern I wanted to end up on each part of
the dress.

And there they all are! Four pieces for the arms, three for the tops, three for the skirt, and two for the collar, and two for the lapels.

I
didn't take any photos of the process of putting them together but it
consisted of overlocking all of the edges of each piece, hemming the
neccesary parts, then sewing all of the pieces making up the back of the
dress into one, and the same with the front pieces. This was definitely
the longest step! And it resulted in this

Nearly there! :) Now I needed to sew these together while incorporating the collar to form the lapels

It all went rather smoothly! Added the buttons and button holes (we won't be having any close-ups of those!). Here's that final result again :)